Windshield cleaner



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WINDSHIELD CLEANER Filed ont. 9. 1957 Patented Apr. 1l, 1939 1 UNITED s'rlirlzs4 PA'll-:NTy ,OFFICE wmnsnmm emanan neben uilsullenfll,v Greeley, celo., assigner er oneto H. E; Watson, Denver, Colo.

Application october 9, 1937, serial No. maw

3 claims? (cils- 118) ,I This invention has for itsobject to provide an inexpensive piece\of emcient equipment well adapted for most convenient use by such workers as oil station attendants, in quickly preparing glasswindshields,l etc., for -ilnal drying and polishing for waiting customers who have usually made their purchases and arey eager to be on their l Way.

which it has been necessary to scrape off witha pocket knife, for example. y

With these conditionsin mind, I. have provided a short hand tool comprising 'a grip portion,` an

opposed operating portion formed to carry a vref movable strip of sponge and, formed 'on said operating portion and closely adjacent .to the" spongestrip, with a diagonal corrugated surface of substantial width relative to the sponge strip, This hand tool may be economically iliade from a strip or rail of wood of indefinite length, which rail is rst contoured to provide the hand grip on one face, then is longitudinally'grooved along its opposite face to .provide one deep groove for the sponge strip' and a plurality ofv shallow grooves. The next operation is to cut, with a wide-toothed saw, diagonalv cross-grooves .to about the depth ofthe shallow longitudinal grooves, thus produc.-

er this the walls of the deep groove are cement- A coated and the sponge strip :compressedand inserted. As soon as the cement has set, therail may be cut transversely into individllaljtoolv lengths. Fig. 1 of the drawing is a perspective-view.; and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section.v 'v The hand-grip portion of the cleaner is indi# cated at 2. The opposite face has wide diagonal grooves 4 presenting vvertical side-walls of projecti'ons'. Y'I'he deep longitudinal "groove Breceives the sponge strip I which is held securely by cement. Shallow grooves 9 interrupt or divide the surface of the projections 6,' leaving the top surfaces narrow. The side walls of the projections 6 do most of the work of dislodging rmly adhering particles, foreign matter, and grit. The sponge strip projects above the scraping projections 6 suiilciently to enable the sponge strip to be used for washing the windshield, but not too much to permit the sponge strip to be compressed until the lscraping projections ,can be brought to bear firmly on the windshield to dislodge tenaciously adhering vforeign matter by the rubbing action of the vertical sides of the said projections. Loosened sand or gravel escapes through yworkerflilay use the projections alone for dis- 10 ldgingrmly'adhering foreign matter; or both -the s'pon.ge andthe projections 6 may be caused to contact successive portions of thesurface being cleaned as the tool is rubbed over the surface.

Wood or .other non-metallic material is pref- ',*erable to metal for the projections, because wood reduces danger of` scratching where the foreign material. being removed contains grit.

vv rIn the use of this cleaner the worker moistens the sponge strip, applies it over the windshield with relatively light pressure and-then increases the pressure to bring the series ofdiagonal projections into contact'with the glass, whereupon continued wiping movement causes the side walls of the projections to engage and dislodge all adhering g'foreign matter. Further application of thesponge will wash the glass preparatory to the usual drying and polishing with a moist chamois.

Having describedmy invention, what I claim the'United' States is:

aslnewfanddesire to secure by Letters Patent of inga diagonal corrugated or ribbed surface. Aft- 111'" windsliield cleaner for use by oil station attendants rcomprising a block having a longi- ,ztudinally extending hand grip on one side and on ,the'opposite side thereof a longitudinally extendyi lig' 'spon'g`ev strip.v and in closely adjacent relation thereto a series ofv non-metallic projections sepa- `'ratedby'groovesjand having such relation that either the sponge or the projections or both may 40 be brought to bear on the windshield` by changing the angle of the'cleaner iny the hand of the attendant. f

`2. A deviceof the class described comprising .a blockhaving a longitudinally extending hand grip on one side and on the opposite side thereof a wetting member 'and in closely adjacent relav"tionthereto'v a plurality of non-metallic projections separated by 'grooves and having such relation that either the wetting member or the projections or both, may be brought to bear on the surface to be cleaned by` changing the angle of the cleaner in the hand of the user.

3. A cleaning tool adapted to apply wetting material and then to scrape ofi the wetted sub- 2 meeste stance, said tool comprising a, block having a stantially lower plane than that of the wetting hand grip extending longitudinally of -one side member and so related thereto that either the and having 011 the Side Opposite the hand grip an wetting member or the scraping means or both upwardly extending wetting member, said tool may be brought to bear on the surface to be further being provided in laterally spaced relacleaned by tipping the cleaner transversely of 5 tion to said wetting member with non-metallic said bami grip in the hand of the user. scraping means 1iai/ineen acting face in a sub- ROBT il' 

